Ishmael Reed

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Director
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Personal Problems (1980)

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Ishmael Reed was born on 22 February 1938 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?, Personal Problems (1980) and Two-Fer (2003). He has been married to Carla Blank since 6 June 1970. They have one child. He was previously married to Priscilla R. Thompson.

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Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?

Writer

Personal Problems

7.2

Writer

1980

Two-Fer

Short

Director

2003

Here Is Something Beautiful (Etc.

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Writer

Personal Problems
7.2
- Writer
- 1980

Director

Actor

Trivia
Novelist, poet, and activist.

Quotes
You have the intelligentsia in New York, who's asleep at brunch. They're obsessed with academic theories, which don't mean a thing to the working-class Black people I live among.

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How old is Ishmael Reed?
87 years old
When was Ishmael Reed born?
February 22, 1938
Where was Ishmael Reed born?
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
What is Ishmael Reed known for?
Personal Problems, Two-Fer, Here Is Something Beautiful (Etc., and Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
Is Ishmael Reed married?
Yes, to Carla Blank since June 6, 1970. He was married to Priscilla R. Thompson from 1960 to August 1969.